THIS IS A DOCUMENTARY WHOSE TIME HAS COME.
Director & Producer Tom Stern started documenting the Butthole Surfers in 1986 at CBGB’s as an NYU film student, and he's been collaborating with the band ever since on various projects, like the short Entering Texas, the feature film Freaked, and his recent video for Paul Leary - Do You Like to Eat a Cow.
This documentary, produced with the full collaboration of the band, will be the culmination of Tom's close relationship with the Butthole Surfers - a comprehensive look at this groundbreaking band and its continuing impact on culture at large. It’s a story he's uniquely capable of telling because of the trust he and the band have built over the years.
THE BUTTHOLE SURFERS ARE LEGENDS. NO ONE FLEW THEIR FREAK FLAG HIGHER.
The band exploded onto the underground music scene in the 1980s, amazing a growing audience as they built one of the most mind-boggling surrealist rock and roll spectacles ever devised. Their very name was a fuck you to the straight, conformist, homophobic Reagan ethos of the time. Instead, they were radically inclusive weirdo pioneers who pushed the limits of artistic expression and lifestyle.
They lived on the edge - nomadic art-punk pioneers on an endless tour, blowing minds and spreading their art to a cult following. When they started, their name was so shocking newspapers wouldn’t print it. Ten years later, Beavis and Butthead and David Letterman were saying it on prime-time national TV. They changed America, even if most people don’t realize it.
Insiders always knew how important they were: Perry Farrel asked them to perform at the first Lollapalooza, Led Zeppelin’s John Paul Jones produced their first major label record, and their fans are a who’s who of some of the world’s most influential artists.
As time marches on, we must tell the band’s story and cement their place in history.
WE’LL GET TO KNOW THE INCREDIBLE PEOPLE WHO MADE UP THE BAND...
GIBBY HAYNES
The conceptual genius who pioneered electronic voice manipulation onstage and redefined the idea of rock and roll frontman. This agent of chaos, this mischievous ringleader who would stop at nothing to amaze the audience - literally lighting himself on fire - was the loving son of Mr. Peppermint, a local children’s entertainer on Dallas television. He was also a basketball star in High School and accounting student of the year in College. Then, for some reason, he left his job at a prestigious accounting firm to start the Butthole Surfers. What happened? We’ll find out.
PAUL LEARY
The guitar god who defined the band’s heavy riff rock meets Dada sound. He was another unlikely accounting major who became the Yin to Gibby’s Yang. Their partnership was a fusion reaction of weirdness that fueled their bizarre ascent and sustained it through personnel changes and all manner of rock and roll drama. Paul’s guitar playing was so innovative and original it amazed other guitar gods and led to Paul’s second career as a sought-after music producer - he produced platinum records for the Meat Puppets and Sublime, among others.
KING COFFEY
Jeffrey Coffey, a misfit gay teen growing up in conservative Texas, found salvation as a pioneer of the Austin punk scene, gaining local fame drumming for The Hugh Beaumont Experience before Gibby and Paul scooped him up. King went on to found Trance Syndicate Records and won Yard of the Month for his gardening prowess. King is now a loving and very patient caregiver to his husband Craig, who is suffering from a rare form of terminal dementia.
TERESA NERVOSA
Teresa Taylor, a queer, gender non-conforming, punk rock waif who drummed for the Buttholes' alongside King Coffey. She went on to steal the show as an actress in Richard Linklater’s debut feature Slacker. Teresa’s on-again-off-again relationship with the band has been an emotional rollercoaster for all involved, but she is a one-of-a-kind eccentric with a spellbinding screen presence.
We Will Present The Hole Truth & Nothing Butt
Through exhaustive interviews, archival footage, cutting-edge animation and graphics, surreal re-enactments, and more, we will make a film in the anarchic spirit of the band. It will be irreverent and funny, but also sincere and heartfelt at times as we get these post-punk rock legends to look back on their strange and extraordinary lives. This won’t be a hagiography. We will dive into it all: Sex, drugs, rock and roll, the beautiful, the ugly, and the weird.
Your support will help us continue filming interviews, start editing, and find the best stories to re-enact as live-action and animation. We're going to interview some notable contemporaries like Flea, Henry Rollins, Thurston Moore, David Yow, and more.
THE TEAM
Tom Stern, Director & Producer: Tom is an award-winning writer, director, producer, and showrunner whose credits include Netflix’s The Toys That Made Us and Kevin Hart’s Guide to Black History, among many others.
Noa Durban, Producer: Noa is a PR and marketing maven who has collaborated with the likes of Afrojack, Killing Joke’s Jaz Coleman, and John Coltrane’s estate, as well as organizations like UN Women USA LA.
Paul Rachman, Executive Producer: Paul produced and directed the highly praised 2006 music documentary, American Hardcore, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and was released by Sony Pictures Classics.
Songe Riddle, Animation: Songe has been in entertainment for about 20 years, painting horror book cover illustrations for Random House and animating for shows on The History Channel, Netflix, and NBC, among others.
Seth Strong, Animation: Seth is an animator and VFX artist with over 20 years in the broadcast industry. He has worked on shows like Jimmy Kimmel Live! and documentaries like I’m Rick James, to name a few.
Cameron Burr, Animation: Cameron is an animator and motion designer whose work can be seen on Netflix’s The Toys That Made Us, The Movies That Made Us, Biography: the Nine Lives of Ozzy Osbourne, and many more.
Cover photo credit: Pat Blashill
Upi id 7080965448axis@ybl
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A/c number 20295505878
IFSC Code __SBIN0016748
Account holder ne me kanhiya lal
02 Aeldra global bank
Account number 3691823683
KNT
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THIS IS A DOCUMENTARY WHOSE TIME HAS COME.
Director & Producer Tom Stern started documenting the Butthole Surfers in 1986 at CBGB’s as an NYU film student, and he's been collaborating with the band ever since on various projects, like the short Entering Texas, the feature film Freaked, and his recent video for Paul Leary - Do You Like to Eat a Cow.
This documentary, produced with the full collaboration of the band, will be the culmination of Tom's close relationship with the Butthole Surfers - a comprehensive look at this groundbreaking band and its continuing impact on culture at large. It’s a story he's uniquely capable of telling because of the trust he and the band have built over the years.
THE BUTTHOLE SURFERS ARE LEGENDS. NO ONE FLEW THEIR FREAK FLAG HIGHER.
The band exploded onto the underground music scene in the 1980s, amazing a growing audience as they built one of the most mind-boggling surrealist rock and roll spectacles ever devised. Their very name was a fuck you to the straight, conformist, homophobic Reagan ethos of the time. Instead, they were radically inclusive weirdo pioneers who pushed the limits of artistic expression and lifestyle.
They lived on the edge - nomadic art-punk pioneers on an endless tour, blowing minds and spreading their art to a cult following. When they started, their name was so shocking newspapers wouldn’t print it. Ten years later, Beavis and Butthead and David Letterman were saying it on prime-time national TV. They changed America, even if most people don’t realize it.
Insiders always knew how important they were: Perry Farrel asked them to perform at the first Lollapalooza, Led Zeppelin’s John Paul Jones produced their first major label record, and their fans are a who’s who of some of the world’s most influential artists.
As time marches on, we must tell the band’s story and cement their place in history.
WE’LL GET TO KNOW THE INCREDIBLE PEOPLE WHO MADE UP THE BAND...
GIBBY HAYNES
The conceptual genius who pioneered electronic voice manipulation onstage and redefined the idea of rock and roll frontman. This agent of chaos, this mischievous ringleader who would stop at nothing to amaze the audience - literally lighting himself on fire - was the loving son of Mr. Peppermint, a local children’s entertainer on Dallas television. He was also a basketball star in High School and accounting student of the year in College. Then, for some reason, he left his job at a prestigious accounting firm to start the Butthole Surfers. What happened? We’ll find out.
PAUL LEARY
The guitar god who defined the band’s heavy riff rock meets Dada sound. He was another unlikely accounting major who became the Yin to Gibby’s Yang. Their partnership was a fusion reaction of weirdness that fueled their bizarre ascent and sustained it through personnel changes and all manner of rock and roll drama. Paul’s guitar playing was so innovative and original it amazed other guitar gods and led to Paul’s second career as a sought-after music producer - he produced platinum records for the Meat Puppets and Sublime, among others.
KING COFFEY
Jeffrey Coffey, a misfit gay teen growing up in conservative Texas, found salvation as a pioneer of the Austin punk scene, gaining local fame drumming for The Hugh Beaumont Experience before Gibby and Paul scooped him up. King went on to found Trance Syndicate Records and won Yard of the Month for his gardening prowess. King is now a loving and very patient caregiver to his husband Craig, who is suffering from a rare form of terminal dementia.
TERESA NERVOSA
Teresa Taylor, a queer, gender non-conforming, punk rock waif who drummed for the Buttholes' alongside King Coffey. She went on to steal the show as an actress in Richard Linklater’s debut feature Slacker. Teresa’s on-again-off-again relationship with the band has been an emotional rollercoaster for all involved, but she is a one-of-a-kind eccentric with a spellbinding screen presence.
We Will Present The Hole Truth & Nothing Butt
Through exhaustive interviews, archival footage, cutting-edge animation and graphics, surreal re-enactments, and more, we will make a film in the anarchic spirit of the band. It will be irreverent and funny, but also sincere and heartfelt at times as we get these post-punk rock legends to look back on their strange and extraordinary lives. This won’t be a hagiography. We will dive into it all: Sex, drugs, rock and roll, the beautiful, the ugly, and the weird.
Your support will help us continue filming interviews, start editing, and find the best stories to re-enact as live-action and animation. We're going to interview some notable contemporaries like Flea, Henry Rollins, Thurston Moore, David Yow, and more.
THE TEAM
Tom Stern, Director & Producer: Tom is an award-winning writer, director, producer, and showrunner whose credits include Netflix’s The Toys That Made Us and Kevin Hart’s Guide to Black History, among many others.
Noa Durban, Producer: Noa is a PR and marketing maven who has collaborated with the likes of Afrojack, Killing Joke’s Jaz Coleman, and John Coltrane’s estate, as well as organizations like UN Women USA LA.
Paul Rachman, Executive Producer: Paul produced and directed the highly praised 2006 music documentary, American Hardcore, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and was released by Sony Pictures Classics.
Songe Riddle, Animation: Songe has been in entertainment for about 20 years, painting horror book cover illustrations for Random House and animating for shows on The History Channel, Netflix, and NBC, among others.
Seth Strong, Animation: Seth is an animator and VFX artist with over 20 years in the broadcast industry. He has worked on shows like Jimmy Kimmel Live! and documentaries like I’m Rick James, to name a few.
Cameron Burr, Animation: Cameron is an animator and motion designer whose work can be seen on Netflix’s The Toys That Made Us, The Movies That Made Us, Biography: the Nine Lives of Ozzy Osbourne, and many more.
Cover photo credit: Pat Blashill
Upi id 7080965448axis@ybl
Bank account number
01__State bank of India
A/c number 20295505878
IFSC Code __SBIN0016748
Account holder ne me kanhiya lal
02 Aeldra global bank
Account number 3691823683
KNT
Success!
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